Harem for a living

Chapter 193

Chen Manrou just went to Zhongcui Palace for a while and then came back. A third-rank concubine gave birth, and she is not qualified to let her be a queen there.However, news from Zhongcui Palace will continue to come.

"Mother, Hua Zhaorong is having a difficult delivery." Li Qiu ran back gloatingly and said, Chen Manrou didn't make a sound, just smiled.

"Ma'am, Hua Zhaorong gave birth to a little princess."

"Mother, Hua Zhaorong is bleeding profusely."

"Ma'am, Hua Zhaorong is unconscious."

Li Qiu ran back and forth a few times, Chen Manrou finally had a reaction, took a sip of tea from the teacup, and looked up at Li Qiu: "The little princess is sent directly to Concubine De, it is my palace's order, Hua Zhaorong I'm not in good health, I'm afraid I can't take care of the little princess, Concubine De has rich experience in raising the second princess, so I asked Concubine De to take care of the little princess until Hua Zhaorong recovers."

"Yes, empress, this servant is going to deliver the decree." Li Qiu replied with a smile, and Chen Manrou put down the teacup.Concubine De is not close to the second princess, that's because the second princess originally grew up with Concubine Liu, and when she was sent to Concubine De, it was already a matter of memory.This little princess has just been born, although Concubine De may not like it, but as long as Concubine De is not stupid, she will definitely raise the second princess as her own daughter.

Next, is to wait for the result.

Three days later, Hua Zhaorong passed away due to postpartum hemorrhage.The grand lady in Hua Zhaorong Palace crashed and died in front of the Empress Dowager Ci'an, saying that someone was going to murder Hua Zhaorong, and provided evidence-a small incense burner and a piece of spices.

After being determined by the imperial doctor, a layer of spices was coated on the inner wall of the incense burner, and when mixed with the previous spices, the smell of the burning fragrance will be stronger. To ordinary people, it is just a stronger smell.For pregnant women, it is a deadly smell.

And this incense burner was given to Hua Zhaorong by Concubine Xian.

The emperor was furious, he berated the concubine Xian, and suddenly changed from a second-rank concubine to a third-rank Zhaorong, even Zhu Lirong's status was inferior.

The queen mother was so angry that she fell ill all of a sudden.

Chen Manrou sat on the soft couch with Xiao Si in her arms and played chess. After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Si finally asked about this matter.Chen Manrou rubbed Xiao Si's head: "The queen mother didn't do much, she just told Concubine De that Hua Zhaorong's children would call her Concubine Mother in the future. Then she told Concubine Xian, no, it's Tang Zhaorong now. Tang Zhaorong, I have already investigated the fire in Jiaotai Palace, and when Concubine Hua gives birth to a child, I will send the evidence to your father."

"Concubine De will not spare Hua Zhaorong's life for the sake of the child. Tang Zhaorong will never allow those evidences to appear in front of your father in order to protect himself. Let's do it."

"No matter how smart Hua Zhaorong is, with the joint efforts of Tang Zhaorong and Concubine De, it is impossible to escape with his life. And when Tang Zhaorong wanted to destroy the evidence, I gave Hua Zhaorong's big palace maid a step in advance. Word of mouth, if Tang Zhaorong gets this evidence, they will never survive, and only one of them will die, and they will definitely choose to pull Tang Zhaorong down."

Chen Manrou didn't hide anything, she just smiled and said to Xiaosi: "My mother has always taught you to be a kind person in the past, and to have a tolerant attitude towards people and things. But today I want to teach you You have another reason, not all people in this world are worthy of your tolerance and kindness."

"It's like Tang Zhaorong, if she regretted and repented after the fire in the Jiaotai Palace, then the queen mother would have left her with a way out, but she didn't, instead she made things worse and even wanted to make a move on Qi Xiuyi to make Qi Xiuyi She gave birth on May [-]th, and her heart can be punished, so the queen mother showed no mercy to her."

"As for Hua Zhaorong, she never thinks that she did something wrong. Instead, relying on her own stomach, she wants to join forces with Tang Zhaorong time and time again. Since she will never repent, I don't have to show mercy to her."

Chen Manrou looked at Xiaosi, and said with a smile: "Your kindness and kindness are for those who are worthy of you, understand?"

Xiao Si pursed her lips, thought for a long time, and then nodded firmly: "My queen, I understand what you mean. Tolerance and benevolence are virtues, but blindly being lenient and benevolent is cowardly. My mother once said that people Once you have something you want to protect, you will become strong and sturdy, and now Xiao Si also has someone you want to protect, so you must not tolerate those bad people."

Chen Manrou nodded in relief. She was looking forward to her son becoming a wise king, but she didn't want her son to be too kind.The emperor's family, people who are too kind, never live long.

"Okay, it's getting late, you should go to bed quickly, you have to go to school tomorrow." Chen Manrou pinched Xiaosi's face and asked her to go to sleep in the back hall.Now Xiaosi has passed her sixth birthday, so she is also considered to be seven years old.Next year, Xiao Si will move out of Yongshou Palace, she is really reluctant to part with it.

But if you can't bear it, you have to give it up. Children always have to leave adults to grow up.

Sighing, Chen Manrou also entered the inner room, lying on the bed and thinking about tomorrow's arrangements.Hua Zhaorong died and had to arrange a funeral.She, the lord of the first house, is very busy.In addition, now, the palace affairs can only be undertaken by her alone, which is really trivial and annoying.

However, Xiao Wu is already three years old, should he have another child?Rubbing her belly, Chen Manrou closed her eyes and counted the days tomorrow.

After Hua Zhaorong's funeral was over, the Empress Dowager Ci'an was still ill. Chen Manrou personally took care of the illness in the Ci'an Palace. She swayed in front of the Empress Dowager every day for nearly two months. It was almost the fifteenth day of the eighth month. Empress Dowager An finally recovered.

Chen Manrou also resumed the rules of asking for peace, Qi Xiuyi was the first to come over.She said that she wanted to serve Chen Manrou to do her makeup, Chen Manrou thought about it, and asked someone to let her in.

"Your Majesty's complexion is not very good, but you didn't rest well at night?" Qi Xiuyi quickly combed Chen Manrou's hair, and because of his lack of proficiency in the business, he pulled off three hairs of Chen Manrou.

Chen Manrou had no choice but to reach for the comb in her hand: "You should sit on the side. I slept a little late yesterday, so my complexion is a bit unwell. How is the Seventh Prince? Didn't you say that the Seventh Prince was a little bit late yesterday? Are you spitting milk?"

"It's ready, and I would like to thank the empress for letting the nanny go and guide me." Qi Xiuyi laughed quickly, because her status was relatively low, so the seventh prince was raised by Concubine Hui. However, because Chen Manrou often rewarded Qi Xiuyi, Hui The concubine never stopped Qi Xiuyi from taking care of the seventh prince.

Chen Manrou nodded, and took a hairpin and inserted it: "The seventh prince is still young, you have to pay more attention to it, the sixth prince is not young now, Li Zhaohua is not qualified to educate the sixth prince, my palace is still Meng Jieyu has to move to the palace."

"Why don't you move to Yanxi Palace? The concubine will also be a companion with Sister Meng." Qi Xiuyi hurriedly said, and Chen Manrou glanced at her: "Are you worthy of Concubine Hui's home?"

Qi Xiuyi's face turned awkward, and she shut up.

Chen Manrou didn't pay attention to her, and after applying the lip balm, she helped Lichun's hand to stand up. Seeing Qi Xiuyi's huddled appearance was pitiful, she smiled and said, "Don't worry, Concubine Hui is still young. He is a smart man, and he will not rob your seventh prince."

Only then did Qi Xiuyi heave a sigh of relief, twisting his handkerchief a little embarrassedly: "This concubine is also reluctant to part with the Seventh Prince, after all, it is a piece of flesh that fell from my body."

"Okay, I always speak so incoherently!" Chen Manrou couldn't help but want to pry Qi Xiuyi's head open, and the question from many years ago came up again, this person is not an idiot outside, Tang Wan'er thought last time If she had to give birth on May [-]th, she could safely avoid it. If she was a fool, all the women in the harem would be dumb.

But in front of me, why do you always talk like this without thinking?Do you really regard yourself as the only person you can trust and rely on?
"Isn't this concubine so brainless in front of the empress?" Qi Xiuyi said, the corners of Chen Manrou's mouth twitched, and she waved her hand: "You sit down for now, I have some breakfast." The man came over with breakfast, and ate half a bowl of porridge, with a few pieces of dim sum and a few side dishes.Then, he led Qi Xiuyi to the main hall.

"I have one more thing to say today." After the routine one-day greeting, Chen Manrou spoke slowly, and looked at the concubines who were sitting neatly below, feeling very satisfied, without any irritation. Head, these people have finally settled down.

No matter whether they settled down and continued to plan, or they were afraid of making mistakes, as long as they settled down, Chen Manrou was still very happy.

"It's been a lot of years since the last small election. The emperor said that this dynasty governs the world with filial piety. There is no reason for parents and children to be separated for too long. Therefore, before August [-]th this year, we will let it go for one day. Fake, let those palace maids and eunuchs meet with their family members. If any of those in your palace have family members, if you want to meet, hurry up and report your name, and you can arrange a time when you come back to the palace."

After Chen Manrou finished speaking, she took a sip of tea with her teacup in hand: "If anyone wants to release them directly, please send me a list."

After finishing speaking, he got up and prepared to go to Ci'an Palace.

The Empress Dowager Ci'an was already old, but her body was still weak after the previous illness. Chen Manrou saw that the Eldest Princess was still standing beside the Empress Dowager Ci'an, her eyes flashed, and she held the Eldest Princess' hand with a smile: "It happens that the eldest princess is here today, and I have something to ask the queen mother."

"When else can you not be the master?" The queen mother glanced at Chen Manrou and said, Chen Manrou didn't care about the displeasure in the queen mother's expression, she just patted the princess's hand and said: "In a few days, the princess will also It's time to perform filial piety, I want to ask some empress dowagers, should I invite Master Yuanrong to do a ritual?"

The eldest princess lowered her head, her eye circles were red, and she had been thinking about this matter all this time.It's just that the imperial grandmother didn't know if she had forgotten it, and she never mentioned it.Now hearing this from the woman who occupied the position of her mother's queen, the feeling in my heart is really complicated.

The Empress Dowager Ci'an also looked sideways at the Eldest Princess, frowned slightly, and nodded in response: "It is necessary to do a religious ceremony, and the Eldest Princess has to go to worship, you can arrange it, Ai's family is old, I don’t have enough energy to worry about you.”

Chen Manrou smiled and flattered the Empress Dowager Ci'an: "You are not old, Empress Dowager, you are in good health. As the old saying goes, sickness is like a thread, if you take good care of your old man, you will definitely be able to eat three bowls of rice in a while! You will live a long life How can a hundred-year-old grow old?"

"Three bowls of rice, do you want to support Aijia to death?" The queen mother smiled and gave Chen Manrou a white look. Who wouldn't want a long life?
"A few days ago, Jiangnan paid a tribute to a batch of silk, and I will send some to the empress dowager and the eldest princess later." Chen Manrou said with a smile, and the empress dowager Ci'an waved her hand: "The Ai family can't use those new silks, you Just send two horses as you like, and the Ai family usually does forehead wiping or something."

"This is the filial piety of the emperor and concubines. The empress dowager doesn't need it herself, and the rewards are her surnames. Also, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has also started to remake clothes for the eldest princess. In addition to filial piety, the eldest princess should also wear brighter clothes." .” As he said, he looked at the eldest princess jokingly, with a playful expression on his face: “In the blink of an eye, the eldest princess has grown up, and I don’t know which kid will be cheaper in the future!”

The Empress Dowager Ci'an followed and nodded, the eldest princess's heart moved, and a little shame appeared on her face.

(End of this chapter)